DRAMATIC footage has captured the moment a stabbing victim grabbed a knife from one of his assailants and fought back against the brutal thugs.

PUBLISHED: 12:38, Wed, Nov 2, 2016
| UPDATED: 13:48, Wed, Nov 2, 2016

The video captures the moment the thugs make repeated attempts to stab the 21-year old victim in front of horrified shoppers on the packed high street in South London.

Despite suffering stab wounds the victim managed to wrestle a blade from one of his assailants and is seen frantically trying to defend himself from the bloodthirsty thugs.

The terrifying attack took place on the August 4 during the evening rush hour outside a busy branch of Sainsbury’s and Tooting Broadway Tube station. The incident just one in a surge in knife crime on the streets of the capital.

The victim discarded the knife before fleeing onto a tube train to a nearby station where he took refuge in a fast food restaurant.

Police released the footage in a desperate bid to bring the violent gang to justice.

One of the suspected is described as a large black man, aged in his early 20s. He was wearing a black hooded jacket over a light coloured top, a dark blue baseball cap, black trousers and black trainers.

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The second suspect is a black man, also aged in his early 20s. He was wearing a dark blue shirt, dark coloured trousers and dark trainers. Two men aged 17 and 21 have been arrested and bailed in the investigation.

DC Daniel Babbs, from Wandsworth CID, said: “We are keen to hear from anyone who may recognise the two men shown in the footage or the still released, or anyone who witnessed the incident.”

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